Best value speakers available

I have heard every major brand out there and was at the show for days just to hear I work as a custom installer
for Audio .The Nsr Sonic D-3 Loudspeaker was beating up on speakers at more than double their under $5k price was .
I could not find any glaring weakness no matter what kind out music I threw at it .the speakers not only was crystal clear but dissapeared in the room with Bass that was as good as a REL Sub.I did notice the High quality drivers and the Xover must be equally good for I just
got into the music and forgot about everything else.

hi audiophile1958:

i too was at the show and the venetian, this past january.

i am looking for a speaker system in the $10,000 range.

i briefly visited the nsr room at the alexis park.

in no way did i hear the timbral realism i heard from the analysis audio omega or roger sanders hybrid electrostatic speaker.

conces do not compete with panels with respect to accuracy of timbre, period ! .

to Mrtennis .I donot know when you were there but there was a problem with a modwright pre that took a lot away from the setup as a whole I heard them on the last day in the afternoon when everything was sorted and they just vanished in the room ,read all the other show reports out there ,they heard the same things I did . Roger sanders speakers are very clear they are electrostats they should be.the Nsr speaker can do several things better than stats
including tunefull bass ,imaging,and dynamics.The NSR Sonic D-3 is now in the production end and is noticable beter than the proto types at the show and please remember this was a $5k loudspeaker .they have a Reference Xover which are the finest parts in the world from Duelund and this transforms this speaker against anything at $10k I heard it recently while in New england for under $5500, and the Patented bass wil cleanly play any note of a concert grand Piano ,go to http://www.hifidelityaudio.com
and they can tell you more.

Optimus LX8 LX5
These sell on Ebay for $100 pr, Smaller LX5 for $20-75pr
Amazing Lineum 360 degree ribbon tweeters.I use them with my plasma TV for hours of nonfatiging listening.
Voices sound like they are in the room .Highs have great 3d spatiality .Bass has punch. They are the best bookshelf Ive ever listened to.

I recommend the Eminent Technology LFT-8's. They may be a bit high at $1800 to $2000, but their sound compares favorably to speakers five times their cost. In my opinion they beat or match many of the big electrostatics with their liquid sound. The electrostatics tend to sound grainy to me in comparison with the Et's.

The ET's employ a push pull design which makes the signal they produce more linear than other planars. Others planars have magnets only on one side, causing the magnetic field to be weaker farther from the speaker; therefore as the diaphram moves outward, it experiences a weaker magnetic field, losing control and linearity. With magnets on both sides, the Eminents eliminate this problem entirely.

The sound they produce is magic, with a very large multidimensional soundstage, deep, wide and tall, with good dynamics and midrange to die for. The new "B" version boasts a much improved tweeter, with neodymium magnets for control.

If you are a fan of the planar sound, you can't go wrong with these speakers. I own 2 pairs of earlier models, and couldn't be more pleased with their sound.

Bruce Thigpen, one of the inventors and owner of the company has no problem speaking directly with his customers and is very accomodating. Not only that, but he produces almost everything used in the speakers on site in Tallahasse Florida, employing folks who are local to the area.

Add these factors up and in my opinion you come up with an unbeatable bargain for high end planar sound.

Hope this helps and good luck with your search,
Ron